My thanks to Howard Friedman at Religion Clause for posting a link to Attorney General Eric Holder's important speech on hate crimes legislation at yesterday's Anti-Defamation League Heritage Dinner. There he described a political climate that leaves many...
In the ongoing saga of Texas' social studies curriculum review, the Dallas Morning News reports on yesterday's Board of Education meeting to consider suggestions for their final drafts of standards to be used in textbooks statewide (and since Texas is such an...
The parent of an Oglethorpe County 5th grader was surprised when his daughter came home from school with a Bible distributed by Gideons. But school officials assure the Scripture was not given during the school day or in the school building: School principal Kim Lord...
A Georgia town packed the school board meeting room to protest the decision to ban the high school's cheerleaders from holding religious signs for the football team to run through at the start of each game. The Board, however, accepted the smart advice of...
As final recommendations are being prepared for President Obama, members of the White House's Faith-Based Advisory Council yesterday discussed drafts of the reports reflecting their work so far. The Washington Post's Michelle Boorstein writes that as expected...
In a hilarious edition of Stephen Colbert's "The Word" segment tonight, the sarcastic comedian and noted Sunday School teacher (no, really) gave his take on the Mojave cross case (Salazar v. Buono) just heard by the Supreme Court last week. In mocking...
